| 1. |
(verb) blow hard and loudly |
|
Synonyms: chuff, huff |
|
Related Words: blow |
|
| 2. |
(verb) to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" |
|
Synonyms: blow up, puff out, puff up |
|
Related Words: distend, swell, swell up |
|
| 3. |
(noun) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" |
|
Synonyms: drag, pull |
|
Related Words: breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, toke |
|
| 4. |
(verb) speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man" |
|
Related Words: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
|
| 5. |
(verb) praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Brodaway production" |
|
Synonyms: puff up |
|
Related Words: praise |
|
| 6. |
(verb) smoke with puffs; "puff a cigar" |
|
Related Words: smoke |
|
| 7. |
(verb) suck in or take, as of air; "draw a deep breath"; draw on a cigarette" |
|
Synonyms: drag, draw |
|
Related Words: breathe in, inhale |
|
| 8. |
(verb) make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" |
|
Related Words: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift |
|
| 9. |
(satellite adjective) gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" |
|
Synonyms: puffed |
|
| 10. |
(noun) exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) |
|
Related Words: good word, recommendation, testimonial |
|
| 11. |
(noun) a light inflated pastry or puff shell |
|
Related Words: chou, cream puff, pastry |
|
| 12. |
(noun) a short light gust of air |
|
Synonyms: puff of air, whiff |
|
Related Words: blast, blow, gust |
|
| 13. |
(verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" |
|
Synonyms: gasp, heave, pant |
|
Related Words: blow |
|
| 14. |
(noun) forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" |
|
Synonyms: blow |
|
Related Words: breathing out, exhalation, expiration, insufflation |
|
| 15. |
(noun) a fluffy pad for applying powder to the skin |
|
Synonyms: powderpuff |
|
Related Words: pad |
|
| 16. |
(noun) a bed cover made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together |
|
Synonyms: comforter, quilt |
|
Related Words: bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding, continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown, patchwork, patchwork quilt |
|